Daniel 6:17-23

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷ And a^[a] stone was brought and it was put on the entrance of the pit, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet rings of his lords,^[b] so that nothing would be changed concerning Daniel. ¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace and spent the night in fasting, and no food was brought in before him and his sleep fled from him.

¹⁹ Then the king got up at daybreak, at first light, and he went in haste^[c] to the lion pit.^{[d] 20} And when he came near^[e] to the pit, he cried out to Daniel with a distressed voice, and the king spoke^[f] and said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, your God whom you serve faithfully, was he able to rescue you from the lions?” ²¹ Then Daniel spoke to^[g] the king, “O king, live forever!^{[h] 22} My God sent his angel and he shut the mouth of the lions and they did not^[i] hurt me, because^[j] before him I was found^[k] blameless, and also before you, O king, I have not done any wrong.”

²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad over it^[l] and commanded that Daniel be lifted up from the pit; and there was not any wound found on him, because he had trusted in his God.